[ILUG] Job Post

[Ken Guest]

On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 13:51, Michael Treacy wrote:
> [Niall O'Broin]
> <Yes, it was, and I told the stupid woman so directly. I hope that as <many 
> of possible of you do so too so that she'll learn the error of <her ways.
> 
> [Kathryn Cassidy]
> >So did I.  In a rather nasty mail.
> 
> Maybe it's just me, but I seem to remember a second post from the person 
> involved admitting and apologising for her mistake.
> 
> I also note a certain level of, maybe hypocrisy here. A number of people 
> have commented that, in the light of a recent downturn in the IT market, 
> some people on here may be in need of work. Could it also be true that 
> because of a lack of jobs that recruitment companies are finding it harder 
> to get jobs for people on their books? In other words it's ok for a "linux" 
> person to look for a job, but if a job is offered to the list, then that's 
> all wrong?

It's only wrong if the offered job is inappropriate (wrong operating
system, carpentry, glazier etc[1])  - a number of Linux related jobs
have, if memory serves me correctly, been mentioned on the list without
any repercussion being effected.

k. 

[1] - I know I could be accused of generalising way too much here...